wittily

Adverb

Meaning

in a witty manner

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

quickly sharply funny humorously brilliantly intelligently cleverly artfully deftly absurdly cunningly ingeniously drily cannily craftily
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Antonyms

heavily continually madly grimly foolishly dully
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Phrases with the word

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Examples

Epaminondas is reported wittily to have said of a good man that died about the time of the battle of Leuctra, "How came he to have so much leisure as to die, when there was so much stirring?" Plutarch

The world is rejuvenated, but as Heine so wittily remarked, it was rejuvenated by romanticism to such a degree that it became a baby again. Soren Kierkegaard

It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions; they have their place in heaven also. Robert Southey

he would wittily chime into our conversation Source: Internet

As he writes, wittily, “there is little to be gained from rationalizing an irrational past.” Source: Internet

And the first chapter introduces a large cast of characters, wittily yet a little clumsily. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Wittig olefination Wittig reaction Wittigian wittiness witting wittingite